Advances in Welding and Mechanical Joining of Metals

Dear Colleagues,

The latest advancements in welding and mechanical joining have enhanced the performance and integrity of assembled components and joining together dissimilar materials that cannot be addressed with conventional methods (e.g., aluminum/steel; steel/composites).

This Special Issue aims at collecting contributions about recent advances in welding and mechanical joining used to assemble, under similar and dissimilar configurations, metals and nonmetals in several industrial fields (e.g., the automotive, aeronautics, aerospace, and energy industries) through high-quality manuscripts. Review articles are also of interest.

Contributions can include but are not limited to:

• New welding and mechanical joining technologies;
• Solid-state welding processes, including friction stir welding, friction stir spot welding, explosive welding, ultrasonic welding, and other innovative solid-state innovative technologies;
• Fusion welding processes, including laser welding, electron beam welding, resistance welding, capacitor discharge welding,  and other innovative fusion welding technologies;
• Mechanical joining, including self-piercing riveting, clinching, friction element welding,  and other innovative mechanical joining technologies;
• Hybrid welding and mechanical joining processes, including arc-laser welding, resistance element welding, resistance rivet welding, self-penetrating resistance element welding, arc spot welding, and other innovative hybrid welding and mechanical joining technologies;
• Process optimization of advanced welding and mechanical joining processes;
• Monitoring and control of advanced welding and mechanical joining processes;
• Numerical simulation of advanced welding and mechanical joining processes;
• Development of innovative tools and equipment;
• Mechanical and microstructural characterizations of the assembled parts and joints.

Dr. Pasquale Russo Spena
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Metals is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.